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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sand, post: 8055991, member: 118540&quot;]Yeah, that Roman Republic denarius might have fooled me. The style seems correct, but I&#039;m not an expert in this coin type. It even has, what seems to be, a nice amount of toning, and some wear and scratches. It has a lot of small pimples on the obverse, which could be casting pimples. But, I have a hard time, distinguishing casting pimples, versus die rust. But, if I see a lot of pimples, I usually pass, just to be safe.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It seems like a bad thing to do, to sell fakes, or manufacture fakes, even if you advertise them as fakes. Some people who buy such fakes, could be shady people, who will then sell the fakes, and advertise the fakes as authentic. And, it cheapens the entire hobby, and adds uncertainty to the entire hobby. Such fakes have already cheapened and terrorized the area of ancient Chinese Ban Liang coins. However, authentic ancient Chinese Ban Liang coins are cast coins, which makes them easier to fake.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hopefully, an expert dealer would catch such a fake, as that Roman Republic denarius, and not buy it, or sell it. I&#039;m one of the hapless rabble of collectors, who generally tries to buy from expert dealers, to try to avoid such fakes. The trick is, to know, who the expert dealers are.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of course, one can check the edge of the coin, for a casting seam, or file marks, but only at a coin show, or after you have already ordered and received the coin, which is not fun.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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